Playing-cards.



D.- s. PRAGKBLTON. PLAYING oups. PPLIUTAION FILED SEPT. 27, 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

DAVID S. FRACKELTON, OF FEN'ION, MICHIGAN.

PLAYING-CARDS,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID S. FRAGKELTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fenton, in the county of Genesee, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Playing-Cards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and vuse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to playing cards, especially adapted for playing a game pertaining to mining, but adaptable for playing other games of a similar nature.

The invention consists in a novel deck ofplaying cards as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out particularly in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a deck of playing cards comprising a plurality of sets of plus and minus values respectively, the numerals representing the values of said sets varying in denomination, said deck also comprising additional cards without value as counting cards but entitling the holder to draw from an opponent and to exchange hands and counts therewith.

The above object is attained by the deck of playing cards illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown one card of each set or series of the counting cards and one each of the cards entitling the holder to draw from the hand of an opponent and to exchange hands with an opponent whenever said cards are played.

Figure l on said drawing is a face elevation of one card from each of the sets of plus cards. Fig. 2 is a face elevation of one card from each of the sets of minus cards. Fig. 3 is a face elevation of two cards of the deck, one of which entitles the holder to draw from the hand of an opponent, and the other entitles the holder to eX- change his hand and count for the hand and count of another player.

Referring to the characters of reference,

A to F inclusive indicate the sets of plus cards, of which there are six with four cards in each set. The cards of each set have the same numerical value, but the sets have different values as indicated by the numerals thereon. There are the same number of sets Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application led. September 27, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Serial No. 519,683.

of minus cards as there are sets of plus cards, said minus sets being indicated by the letters Gto L inclusive, each set of which comprises four cards of equal value, while the value of the several sets changes at the same ratio as the sets of plus cards, as indicated by the numerals thereon.

The game in connection with which this deck of cards is illustrated, is called a gold mine and in addition to the counting cards previously described, the deck contains six drift cards M, and two stoping cards N, making fifty-six cards in all, of which forty-eight are counting cards. Each of the drift cards is provided with the word Drift at the opposite ends thereof, while each of the stoping7 cards is similarly marked with the word Stoping.

The sets of plus cards have different values, as before stated, and before the number indicating the value of the cards of each set is placed a plus sign, as indicated. The cards of each set are also provided with an appropriate title such as Bonanza, Pay streak, Nugget etc., indicating successful mining operations, together with the word Add and the numeral 50, 20 or 5 as the case may be, indicating the amount to be added to the total count of the player, when the card bearing said number is played. In like manner the sets of minus cards are provided with the minus sign before the value-indicating numerals thereon, and with appropriate titles such as I-Iole in the ground False lead Pinch out etc., indicating unsuccessful mining operations, together with the word Subtract preceding the numeral indicating the amount to be subtracted from the players total count.

The total number of points constituting a game may be fixed at 400 or any other appropriate number. The player who first scores the number of points constituting a game, wins. Frein two to twelve persons may play and the players may play as partners or singly, as desired.

In practice the dealer deals three cards to each player, one at a time in rotation, beginning with the player at his left. The remaining cards are then placed face downward in the center of the table. In play, each player is a miner and the three cards in his hand constitute his pick while the cards in the center of the table are called the mine The player at the left of the dealer lays his LA"pick face'rupand calls and registers the number'indicated on the card and announces his total count; if the cardiplayed be a plus card he'adds vthe amount to his total; if 'the card be a t minus vcard he sub'- tracts the amount from his total.- If the player has in his pick a drift card, he canV play thatrinstead `of the counting card:

if he prefers, and that entitleshim to draw a card from thev pick7 of any of his opponents before playing a countingv card. After drawing from an opponent, the player Inustthen play one of his counting cards, if hehas one, and announce the result, after whichhe inust draw 'enough cards from the mine to lill his pick which consists of three cards and which mustV be kept full.

This completes the play'. If a player has in hishand or Y pick a stoping card, at his turn of play he can play the stoping card instead. of a countinglcard, if he prefers, and. when so doing the player has the privilege of either exchanging his pick 'for the pickof another player, `or Vof exchanging his pick and total count for the pick Y andv total count of any other player. The player must then play one of the counting cardsfrom the pick he has received in exchange for his, register and announce the total anddra'w from the mine to lill his pick, and complete the play. A player can not play a drift card on a drittor stoping card, nor a stoping card on a picks, may draw enough cards from the mine at his turn to play, to fill his pick before playing. v After the mine l shall have become exhausted by the play of the players, the cards on the table before the players'are placed together and shuffled by `the dealer and again placed face downward on the table to restablish the mine after which the game proceeds until a player has scored the number of points required to win the game. y c

I do not wish to limit myself tothe denominations shown on the sets of counting cards illustrated herein, nor to the wording employed to give title to the various sets of cards, as numerals of any denomination may be employed to give value to the vsets of counting cards and any appropriate titles may be used to designate said sets.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A deck of playing cards comprising a plurality of sets of lus cards, a plurality of sets of `minus car s, and acard entitling the holder to exchange his hand for the hand of any other player he may elect.

2.- A deck of playing cards, comprising a plurality of set-s of plus cards of different numerical value, a plurality of sets of minus cards of ldifferent numerical value, and a card entitling the holder to draw a card from the hand of another player.

'3. A deck of playing cards, comprising a plurality of pluscards, a plurality of minus cards, a card entitling the holder to draw from 'the hand -of another player, and a card entitling the holder to exchange with another playerhis hand and count.

In testimony whereof, I sign this speci fication in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID S. FRACKELTON.

Witnesses:

I. Gr. HowLE'rT, O. B. BAENZIGER. 

